The Holy Carpet transported to Mecca - Crossing the Red Sea

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The Holy Carpet transported to Mecca - Crossing the Red Sea

The Mohammedan pilgrimage with the holy carpet being transported across the Red Sea en route to the sacred Kaaba shrine in Mecca. The carpet is said to be the actual one on which the Prophet Mohammed prayed and is 1, 300 years old. It is taken on the journey each year, carried in a heavy ornamented housing on the back of a camel. Date: 1918

Media ID 14393925

© Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection

Annual Cairo Carpet Ceremony Crowds Islam Islamic Kaaba Mahmal Mohamed Mohammad Mohammed Mohammedan Muhammad Muhammed Muslim Pilgrimage Procession Ritual Sacred Start

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